Imam Hamza ibn Abdurrahman was born in Mombasa, Kenya.  At the age of 16 he memorised the Quran and thereafter travelled to England where he went on to complete a rigorous, six-year Shari ‘a program at Darul Uloom Al Arabiyyah Al Islamiyyah, Bury.

He graduated from this program with authentic certifications (ijaza) in numerous Islamic disciplines, including Arabic, Islamic Jurisprudence and Hadith with particular emphasis on the six authentic books of Hadith (Sihah Sitta) and the Mu’atta of Imam Malik and Imam Muhammad. His teachers at Darul Uloom Bury included Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Sheikh Hashim and other students of Sheikhal-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi (may Allah have mercy on him). Since completing his scholarship in 2009, he has been serving as one of the Imams of Jamia Masjid, Dundee.